Respect Yourself (album)

Respect Yourself
Studio album by Joe Cocker
Released	16 July 2002
Recorded	2001−02
Studio	Henson Recording Studios (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Rock
Length	46:31
Label	EMI
Producer	John Shanks
Joe Cocker chronology
No Ordinary World (1999) Respect Yourself (2002) Greatest Love Songs (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
CD Universe	[1]
Amazon.com	[2]

Respect Yourself is the eighteenth studio album by Joe Cocker, released in 2002.

Track listing

1. "You Can't Have My Heart" (John Shanks, Tonio K, C. J. Vanston) – 4:01
2. "Love Not War" (Barbara Griffin, Tom Snow) – 4:00
3. "You Took It So Hard" (Shanks, Tonio K, Vanston) – 4:27
4. "Never Tear Us Apart" (Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence) – 4:03
5. "This Is Your Life" (Shelly Peiken, Shanks) – 4:34
6. "Respect Yourself" (Luther Ingram, Mark Rice) – 5:14
7. "I'm Listening Now" (Shanks, Tonio K) – 5:01
8. "Leave a Light On" (Peiken, Shanks, Vanston) – 4:34
9. "It's Only Love" (Peiken, Shanks) – 3:55
10. "Every Time It Rains" (Randy Newman) – 3:34
11. "Midnight Without You" (Chris Botti, Paul Buchanan, Paul Joseph Moore) – 5:08

Personnel

• Joe Cocker – vocals
• Jamie Muhoberac – acoustic piano (1, 3–8, 10, 11), keyboards (2), Wurlitzer electric piano (6, 7), synthesizers (6, 11), Hammond B3 organ (8, 9)
• C. J. Vanston – Hammond B3 organ (1, 5), horn arrangements (1, 5, 11), acoustic piano (3)
• Patrick Warren – keyboards (1, 10, 11), acoustic piano (2, 9), Chamberlin (3, 4, 8), synth strings (4, 5), Hammond B3 organ (6, 7), Wurlitzer electric piano (8), synthesizers (8), string arrangements (10, 11)
• John Shanks – guitars, backing vocals (4, 5, 9)
• Tim Pierce – guitars (1, 7, 9)
• Rusty Anderson – guitars (10)
• Paul Bushnell – bass
• Kenny Aronoff – drums
• Lenny Castro – percussion (2–6, 8, 11)
• Bruce Eskovitz – saxophones (1, 5, 6, 11)
• Nick Lane – trombone (1, 5, 6, 11)
• Bill Churchville – trumpet (1, 5, 6, 11)
• Chris Tedesco – trumpet (1, 5, 6, 11), trumpet solo (11)
• Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals (1, 3)
• Maxine Waters Willard – backing vocals (1, 3)
• Fred White – backing vocals (1, 3)
• C.C. White – backing vocals (2, 6, 8, 11)
• Lucy Woodward – backing vocals (5, 9)

Production

• John Shanks – producer
• Marc DeSisto – mixing, engineer (1, 2, 4–6, 8, 11)
• Trina Shoemaker – engineer (1, 3, 7, 9, 10)
• Mark Valentine – second engineer
• Brett Patrick – third engineer
• Brian Cook – second mix engineer
• Dan Chase – Pro Tools editing
• Robert Hadley – mastering
• Doug Sax – mastering
• The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
• Jeri Heiden – art direction, design
• John Heiden – art direction, design
• James Minchin III – photography
• Roger Davies – management
• Ray Neapolitan – management

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2002) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[3] 84 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] 12 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5] 6 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6] 6 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[7] 28 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] 34 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] 35 French Albums (SNEP)[10] 13 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] 3 Italian Albums (FIMI)[12] 15 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[13] 30 Polish Albums (ZPAV)[14] 13 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 5 UK Albums (OCC)[16] 51

Year-end charts Chart (2002) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 71 French Albums (SNEP)[18] 124 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] 92 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 65

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[21]	Gold	100,000^*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[22]	Gold	20,000^^
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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